The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1887-04-06
ghree Discourses on Sunday
Afternoon Last.
THE TESTIMONIES UTTERED.
Elders Elias and j. g. himbaii ana
Bishop o. F. whitney Address
the Congregation.

quite number of tourists being notlcec
among the attendants. The opening
hymn, sung by the assemblage anc
choir, was the one beginning.
l. God moves in a mysterious way,
His wonders to perform;
lie plants His footsteps in the sea,
And rides upon the storm.
PRAYER by Elder Milando Pratt.
Singing of the hymn,
Omy Father, thou that dwellest
L, the nigh and glorious place!
When snail rega Thy presence.
And again behold Thy face
ELDER ELIAS KIMBALL, in addressing
the congregation, desired the faith and
pray rs of his hearers. He had had
the pleasure, in his brief existence, OF
travelling in the Southern States, few
miles, preaching the gospel of the Son
of God. The people among whom he
had associated were sincere, and he had
been well treated by them. If the
advice contained in the tenth chapter
OF the LIST Corinthians was followed by
| the Saints of to-day, their faith would
be increased. The experience of the
ancient apostles exhibited strong faith
ON their part. He cited an incident to
show the principle of faith. There were
three parties rowing in boat, one of
whom was q Methodist, the other an
infdel, and the third a Mormon, the
first OF whom gave his version of faith,
and was followed by the infdel, and the
decision was left to the Mormon, who
| told the Methodist to row on his side,
| when the boat turned; the same was
said to the infidel, with the same
result Now, both row." said the
referee. They did so and the boat shot
forward. He explained that this showed
faith without works was unaVailing.
Elder Kimball said the Saints believed
the words of Paul. "But though we or
an angel from heaven preach any other
gospel than that which we have
preached unto you, let him be &C
cursed" If the Saints did not advocate
the same principles of the gospel which
Jesus taught, they would come under
that ban. Jesus did nothing but what
He had seen His Father do, and taught
His disciples to be perfect as He and
His Father were perfect. The repent
ance, necessary for the forgiveness of sin
was required to be sincere, not the "sor-
row of the world, which worketh damn
alton" but the sorrow which was
prompted by the Holy Spirit. This was
the second step in the plan of salvation.
In the sixth chapter of Romans. the
requisites for the remission of sins were
plainly set forth. When individuals
were baptized by one having authority,
their sins would be forgiven by God,
whose power was, illimitable and I'M
questioned. The speaker believed in the
Word OF God, and the promises made
therein, to all who obeyed the principles
and observed the ordinances of the
gospel. The first princi pies of the
do@rines of Christ were contained in
the 1st epistle of st. John.
Elder Kimball had had some difficulty
he said, while abroad, in impressing
these principles upon the people. The
laying on of hands was especially diff
cult for them to understand. In the
eighth chapter OF the Acts, it was
recorded that vast numbers were bap-
tized by Philip, and they received the
gift OF the Holy Ghost. Peter and John
were sent for, as Philip did not consider
he had the authority to confer the gift
of the Holy Ghost, without which no
man could say that Jesus was the
Christ, as was contained in l Corinthi-
ans, II, 2: mo man can saw Jesus is
the Lord, but by the Holy Ghost" 1T
was one of the principles of the gospel,
and as plainly taught in the Scriptures
as any other. The possessor of the Holy
Ghost had the knowledge that Jesus was
the Christ. If they did not, it was the
individuals own fault The had neglected
to follow up his privileges and PRAYED.
II the speaker or any of the elders of
the Latter-day Saints taught ANYTHING
which was not substantiated by HOLY
Writ, he or they would not be preaching
the true gospel.
Elder KImball bore strong testimony
to the truth of the gospel the Latter
day Saints proclaimed, and said that it
would never be overthroWn; that the
Kingdom was that spoken of by Daniel
and hoped all would prove steadfast and
faithful to the covenants they had made.
ELDER J.. G. KsMBALL followed. He
realized his weakness. He had recently
been pioneering anew country and had
not been laboring in the ministry.
though he had been, sent to preach in
the world. While engaged in this work. |
he had been thrown upon his own re-
sources, and had obtained knowledge
that Mormonism was true. The oppo- |
sltion he had met with impressed him
more and more with the divinity OF the
gospel he advocated. He had gone
forth in his simplicity; had been ridi-
culed and laughed at, but he testified
that he had Witnessed prophesies full
filled n his own knowledge. The Latter
day Saints were not hypocrites; they
were sincere he maintained, and under
went trials and sufferings for the
gospels sake. He cited MANY instances
OF kindness bestowed upon the elders by
the people of the Southern States. One |
instance, particularly, he mentioned, |
which was given by a rich southron, |
who treated Elder Kimball well, but at |
the same time acknowledged that ne |
did not revere the principles of the
gospel. These things were spoken of to
show that the spirit of God shielded |
and protected those who went forth
relying upon Him and confding in His
promises. The bitterness OF the oppo-
nents of the gospel was allowed for by
the speaker, and he realized that they
would be operated upon by the influence
Of the Spirit of the Lord for thsir- good
He thought that a charitable spirit
should be extended to those who, in
ignorance, warred against the gospel Vi
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